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Did Tim Cook publicly comgratulate Joe Biden when he won? I don’t think so. Even if he did it wasn’t newsworthy. Trump supporters ask yourself this. What does it say about Trump that public displays of fealty are seen as necessary by powerful CEOs?

EDIT: I am wrong about Cook not tweeting when Biden won. I don’t think such tweets were newsworthy when Biden won but maybe I’m wrong. It feels to me like there is a need by the monied class to massage Trump’s ego. Maybe I’m blinded by bias in this regard and my perception is completely wrong.

Overall my post was a knee jerk reaction and not well thought out.

https://x.com/tim_cook/status/1352035349954846721

Thanks for digging that up. I tried to find if he did tweet something when Biden won. However, my point about it being newsworthy stands. I think.

It's not particularly newsworthy but it's fairly routine - the suggestion it says or doesn't say anything about the current president-elect or his supporters is misplaced.

See the edit to my original post.

> What does it say about Trump that public displays of fealty are seen as necessary by powerful CEOs?

I reckon that this is exactly what certain Trump supporters want to see.

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